USS Stringham (DD-83)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Stringham.
USS Stringham (DD–83) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I.[1] Later she served in World War II as APD-6. She was the second ship named for Silas Horton Stringham.
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USS Stringham at anchor | |
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United States | |
Name | Stringham |
Namesake | Silas Horton Stringham |
Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 19 September 1917 |
Launched | 30 March 1918 |
Commissioned | 2 July 1918 |
Decommissioned | 2 June 1922 |
Identification | DD-83 |
Recommissioned | 11 December 1940 |
Decommissioned | 9 November 1945 |
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Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped, March 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,284 long tons (1,305 t) |
Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.4 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 103 officers and enlisted |
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Stringham was laid down on 19 September 1917 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. The ship was launched on 30 March 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Edward B. Hill. The destroyer was commissioned on 2 July 1918.